Oliver Husain

- Mount Shasta, 2008
born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, studied film and media art in Offenbach, Germany and Gujarat, India. Today he lives and works in Toronto.
Oliver Husain's films and video works include music videos, 3-D-animations, performance and sometimes incorporate Bollywood dance choreographies. Shot in Germany, India, Indonesia, China and other places these works are playful travelogues of a space that never existed. Through the combination of computer generated sets with photographed film Husain creates an artificial ambience. Fabrics, hats, feathers interrupt smooth surfaces and connect that which happens onscreen with the space of the cinema. (Stefanie Schulte Strathaus)
Exhibitions:
2009 "Imagine, there" - Aspace, Toronto
2008 "Where are we here?" - Shenzen Architectural Biennial
2007 "Two Half Reasons One Night Only" - Gallery TPW Toronto
"Genesis, I'm sorry" - Geene Naftali Gallery, New York City
2006 "We can do this now" - The Power Plant, Toronto
"Impossible India" - Frankfurter Kunstverein; Gallery Jan Mot, Bruxelles
2005 "Ron & Leo" - Gallery 64zero3, Christchurch, New Zealand
"Q" - Para Site, Hong Kong, China
2004 "Formalismus. Moderne Kunst, heute" - Kunstverein Hamburg
2003 "Wonderland" - Art space, Auckland, New Zealand
2002 "Q" - Gallery Michael Neff, Frankfurt
2001 "ich schau dir in die augen", Friedericianum, kassel
"temporary occupations", halle für Kunst, Lündeburg
2000 "Man muß ganz schön viel lernen um hier zu funktionieren", Frankfurter Kunstverein
1998 "Video Virtuale / Foto Fictionale", Museum Ludwig, Köln
Solo screenings / Retrospectives:
2008 Anthology Film Archive, New York City
Kino Arsenal, Berlin
Available Light, SAW Gallery, Ottawa
2007 The Power Plant, Toronto
2006 Pleasuredome & Goethe Institut Toronto
2005 Filmwinter Stuttgart
Orfeo Cinema, Frankfurt
2004 Malaysian Video Awards, Kuala Lumpur
more information at www.husain.de
in distribution:
Purfled Promises, 2009
Mount Shasta, 2008
Green Dolphin, 2008
I Hate Papa, 2007
Squiggle, 2005
Shrivel, 2005
Swivel, 2005
FuZe, 2004
Q, 2002
